MotorVac Offers Alternative to Alternative Fuels for Cleaner Air
6 August 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pollution: With cleaner burning reformulated gasoline formulas under fire, more attention is being given to cleaning engines to reduce pollutants released into the air. SANTA ANA, CA..--MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether), a gasoline additive acclaimed for bringing about significant smog reductions in California (the state acknowledged to have the nations worst air quality), is now under serious attack as a carcinogen and as a threat to drinking water supplies. At present, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is proposing legislation that would require detailed health studies of MTBE; developing methods of preventing the chemical from seeping into water storage supplies; and, in the extreme, considering an outright ban on the once praised formula. The city of Santa Monica, CA are discussing this very subject, triggered by leaking fuel storage facilities that are permeating water supplies. Concerns have been raised by CARB that if MTBE is banned, the result would be a return to dirtier air. While air quality boards are searching for cleaner gasoline that does not create its own negative side effects, they should also be closely examining private enterprise technology that already exists to determine the validity of their claims of reducing the harmful pollutants caused by auto exhaust emissions. The range of products claiming to help improve automotive performance and reduce harmful emissions is great. One such emission reduction system that significantly puts the brakes on pollutants by cleaning built-up contaminants from the fuel systems of cars and trucks is the MotorVac CarbonClean System. Independent laboratory tests, using Federal Testing Procedures (FTP) and certified by both CARB and the EPA, have shown that engines cleaned by a MotorVac service release an average of 16.8% fewer hydrocarbons (HC) and 14.5% less carbon monoxide (CO) into the environment. This system consists of a proprietary cleaning detergent and mechanical cleaning machine. The cleaning process, which must be completed by a professional technician, reduces harmful emissions, enhances engine performance and improves gas mileage by removing dirt, carbon deposits and other contaminants from the fuel systems of both gasoline and diesel-powered engines. Lee Melody, President and CEO of MotorVac Technologies said, _This is not a genie in a bottle, as some off-the-shelf additives would like you to believe. It is a well researched, sophisticated procedure that takes about an hour and costs an average of about $90 to complete. You can feel the results in your engine_s performance, breathe the results in better air, and see them in your smog check test,_ says Melody, who is also a member of the Environment Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. MotorVac offers a money back guarantee to any motorist who isn_t satisfied and doesn_t _feel_ the difference in the performance of their car, as long as their car was serviced at one of the over 5000 authorized dealerships in the U.S. A web site has been established at www.motorvac.com to provide information and research data to those interested. Contact: Dan Hoover Estey-Hoover Advertising/PR (714) 756-8501 Romy Laxamana MotorVac Technologies (800) 841-8810